Report for 1909. 3 



**M. gentilis, Mark. In an old (? starling's) nest in a felled elm at Ferry 

 Hinksey, rare, 12th April, 1909; also singly near Tubney in com- 

 pany with the ant Lasiiis fnligiiiosiis, 29th May, 1909. 

 *Oxypoda exoleta, Er. In rabbit burrows at Tubney, 6th September, 



1908 (/. C). 

 *0. lentula, Er. In pond-refuse, Wood Eaton, loth July, 1908 (/. C); 



also taken by myself at Yarnton. 

 *0. umbrata, Gyll. In wet moss at Cothill, 25th April, 1909 (/. C). 



I have taken it by sweeping at Wytham Park, October, 1909. 

 *0. nigrina, Wat. In haystack-refuse at Yarnton, 27th June, 1909, 

 one specimen (J. C). 

 O. haemorrhoa. Sahib. Tubney, in company with Formica riifa ; not 

 rare (/. C). 

 *0. annularis, Sahib. In wet moss at Cothill, one example, 2nd May, 

 1909(7. C). 

 **Thiasophila inquilina, Mark. This rare species has been taken by Mr. 

 A. H. llamm in zQx^^z.ny yi\i\\. Lasius fuUginosus ^\. Shotover Hill, 

 5th September, 1908. 

 *Ocyusa incrassata, Muls. Under bark at Hen Wood, one example, 17th 



August, 1908 (/. C). 

 *Ilyobates nigricollis, Payk. In flood-refuse at Sparsey Bridge, one 

 example, 3rd May, 1908 (_/. C). 

 **I. propinquus, Aube. Sparsey Bridge, several examples in flood-refuse, 



2nd May, 1908. 

 **Calodera nigrita, Mann. In grass-tuft near Yarnton, i6th January, 

 1909; taken rather freely in the same spot at end of March, and at 

 Bay worth, Berks, in company with C. riparia, Er., and— 

 **C. protensa, Mann. Not uncommon in damp grass-tufts in both 



localities, 30th March and 3rd April, 1909. 

 **C. rufescens, Kr. One or two specimens, taken with the two preceding, 

 are apparently to be referred to this species. 

 Chilopora longitarsis, Er. In sand-pit near Cumnor, 9th April, 

 1908 ; also sparingly in flood-refuse at King's Weir, &c. 

 *Dinarda markeli, Kies. In nests of Formica riifa at Tubney, 

 sparingly ; 15th March, 1908 (y. C). 



• - AC ..(-_,. r These three species were taken by Mr, J. 



Myrmedoniafunesta, Grav. n w ■ ■t\ r ■ f /• ■ 



*M hiP-en^ Orav J Collins in company with Lasiiis ftiligi- 



m' latfc?ms Grav 1 "^«" "^^•^ ^othiH. 21st June, 1908, and 



' \ afterwards, not rarely, especially the last. 



**Notothecta confusa, Mark. Taken rarely by Mr. A. H. Hamm in 

 company with Lasius fuliginosus on Shotover Hill, 20th June, 1908. 

 Homalota gyllenhali, Thorns. King's Weir and Yarnton, in wet places, 

 scarce {J. C. ) 

 **H. nitidula, Kr. Yarnton, 24th March, 1906, one specimen (y. C). 

 *H. oblongiuscula, Sharp. Tubney, 9th August, 1907 ; also at Water 



Eaton (/. C). 

 *H. pagana, Er. By sweeping under trees at Wytham Park, rare, lytli 

 September, 1908. 

 **H. fallaciosa, Sharp. In damp moss at Yarnton, rare, 4th August, 

 1908 (/. C). 

 *H. gemina, Er. Taken sparingly in i.ioss at Yarnton by Mr. Collins 



and myself. 

 *H. exilis, Er. In damp tufts at Bayworth, scarce, 3rd April, 1909 ; 



also near Islip. 

 *H. boletobia, Thorns. Tubney, in fungi, ist September, 1907 {J. C). 

 H. gagatina, Baudi. Wytham Park and Tubney, rare {/. C). 



